History Main / FurryLens

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* In ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'', the characters are visually portrayed as anthropomorphic animals, but WordOfGod [[https://curiouscat.me/bombsfall/post/127359166 is that they're humans.]]
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* ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics generally do depict their characters as actual animals (albeit functionally human, for all intents and purposes). Not so much ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', where the characters are very explicitly human beings, depicted (often randomly) as either ducks or DogFace. One issue has the Young Scrooge run into a herd of cows and the cattle-handlers reacts with suprise that Scrooge… speaks in a Scottish accent, just like their boss, real-life cattle-baron and fellow Scotsman, Murdo [=MacKenzie=].

** Humorously, the author does address the issues that arise when this trope meets FurryConfusion. At one point the Jewish protagonist-- drawn as a mouse-- visits a friend who owns several pet cats. In the comic, Nazis are drawn as anthropomorphic cats, which leads Spiegelman to write "Can I mention this, or does it just louse up my metaphor?"

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' may or may not qualify. The original books and the very earliest episodes of the TV series stated or at least implied that the characters are animals, albeit functionally human. However, as the TV series went on, even these {{Furry Reminder}}s were phased out. This is most obvious in the episode where Arthur and his friends watch the self-parody "Andy Aardvark" and point out all the FridgeLogic inherent in a FunnyAnimal series. Much like in ''The Life And Times Of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' mentioned above, historical figures and racial profiling match those of the real world, further suggesting the characters see themselves as humans.\\
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The spinoff ''WesternAnimation/PostcardsFromBuster'' leaned heavily on the "furry lens" interpretation, as all of the locations Buster visited were shown in live-action, with humans--presumably, as they would appear to the audience if they were within the show.

* Averted hard in ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'': The plot hinges on Della Duck not having seeing her sons since laying those three eggs, which hinges on the fact that they are ducks. Such a plot would never happen with human characters.

* Averted hard in '''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017''': The plot hinges on Della Duck not having seeing her sons since laying those three eggs, which hinges on the fact that they are ducks. Such a plot would never happen with human characters.

* This was Creator/WaltDisney's intent with the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts characters. Early shorts clearly had them as animals; however, eventually he began to see them as humans who simply look like animals to the audience. This explains why many older shorts [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy portray the characters living alongside humans]]. He banned any {{Furry Reminder}}s, such as Mickey eating cheese. Since Walt's death, Disney has ignored this idea, and the idea that the characters were "actually" human was gradually discarded. WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and the others are repeatedly noted to be {{Funny Animal}}s and {{Furry Reminder}}s, while still rare, are not unheard-of.

** It can get a little odd when it comes to "mixed" marriages and the like. One scene also features a man in a concentration camp claiming to be a German WWI vet as a mouse in one panel and a cat in the next, representing his conflicting identities.

** It can get a little odd when it comes to "mixed" marriages and the like. One scene (incidentally the page image for OppressedMinorityVeteran) also features a man in a concentration camp claiming to be a German WWI vet as a mouse in one panel and a cat in the next, representing his conflicting identities.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' may or may not qualify. The original books and the very earliest episodes of the TV series stated or at least implied that the characters are animals, albeit functionally human. However, as the TV series went on, even these {{Furry Reminder}}s were phased out. This is most obvious in the episode where Arthur and his friends watch the self-parody "Andy Aardvark" and point out all the FridgeLogic inherent in a FunnyAnimal series. Much like in ''The Life And Times Of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' mentioned above, historical figures and racial profiling match those of the real world, further suggesting the characters see themselves as humans.
** The spinoff ''WesternAnimation/PostcardsFromBuster'' leaned heavily on the "furry lens" interpretation, as all of the locations Buster visited were shown in live-action, with humans--presumably, as they would appear to the audience if they were within the show.

* ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics generally do depict their characters as actual animals (albeit functionally human, for all intents and purposes). Not so much ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', where the characters are very explicitly human beings, depicted (often randomly) as either ducks or DogFace. One issue has the Young Scrooge run into a herd of cows and the cattle-handlers reacts with suprise that Scrooge… speaks in a Scottish accent, just like their boss, real-life cattle-baron and fellow Scotsman, Murdo [-MacKenzie-].

* ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics generally do depict their characters as actual animals (albeit functionally human, for all intents and purposes). Not so much ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', where the characters are very explicitly human beings, depicted (often randomly) as either ducks or DogFace. One issue has the Young Scrooge run into a herd of cows and the cattle-handlers reacts with suprise that Scrooge… speaks in a Scottish accent, just like their boss, real Life cattle-baron and fellow acotsman, Murdo MacKenzie.

* ComicBook/DisneyMouseAndDuckComics generally do depict their characters as actual animals (albeit functionally human, for all intents and purposes). Not so much ''ComicBook/TheLifeAndTimesOfScroogeMcDuck'', where the characters are very explicitly human beings, depicted (often randomly) as either ducks or DogFace. The fact that they meet historical figures and racial/ethnic profiling conforms to the real world pretty much seals the deal.

** It can get a little odd when it comes to "mixed" marriages and the like. One scene (incidentally the page image for OppressedMinorityVeteran) also features a man in a concentration camp claiming to be a German WWI vet as a mouse in one panel and a cat in the next.

* ''VideoGame/NightInTheWoods'' characters are anthropomorphic animals, but WordOfGod is that they're humans.

* ''Franchise/{{Arthur}}'':

** The spinoff ''Series/PostcardsFromBuster'' leaned heavily on the "furry lens" interpretation, as all of the locations Buster visited were shown in live-action, with humans--presumably, as they would appear to the audience if they were within the show.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' may or may not qualify. The original books and the very earliest episodes of the TV series stated or at least implied that the characters are animals, albeit functionally human. However, as the TV series went on, even these {{Furry Reminder}}s were phased out. This is most obvious in the episode where Arthur and his friends watch the self-parody "Andy Aardvark" and point out all the FridgeLogic inherent in a FunnyAnimal series. Much like in ''The Life And Times Of Scrooge [=McDuck=]'' mentioned above, historical figures and racial profiling match those of the real world, further suggesting the characters see themselves as humans.
** The spinoff ''Postcards from Buster'' leaned heavily on the "furry lens" interpretation, as all of the locations Buster visited were shown in live-action, with humans--presumably, as they would appear to the audience if they were within the show.

* According to Sanrio, this is what ''Franchise/HelloKitty'' is. Many fans disagree, however, preferring to see her as a cat.

* Webcomic/{{Precocious}} Creator Christopher Paulson claims that he thinks of the characters as humans when writing the scripts. Though occasionally, a FurryReminder might be used for a one-off joke.

* The Furry writer's podcast [[http://fangsandfonts.com/ "Fangs and Fonts"]] refers to this type of fiction as "zipperback", with the implication that the characters might as well be humans in fursuits.

* This was Creator/WaltDisney's intent with the WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts characters. Early shorts clearly had them as animals however eventually he began to see them as humans who simply look like animals to the audience. This explains why many older shorts [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy portray the characters living alongside humans]]. He banned any {{Furry Reminder}}s, such as Mickey eating cheese. Since Walt's death, Disney has ignored this idea, and the idea that the characters were "actually" human was gradually discarded. WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse and the others are repeatedly noted to be {{Funny Animal}}s and {{Furry Reminder}}s, while still rare, are not unheard-of.

** It can get a little odd when it comes to "mixed" marriages and the like. One panel also features a man in a concentration camp claiming to be a German WWI vet as a mouse in one panel and a cat in the next.

* The furry lens human-with-animal-form intent for the Mickey and Friends anthropomorphic animal characters is less adhered to and sometimes flat-out averted with the various properties centered around the Disney Ducks.
** The very plotline Of Della Duck laying eggs, not seeing her kids hatch, and not seeing them until they are tweens in ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'' would not happen if the ducks were treated as contextually human.
** Witch Hazel in the Donald Duck cartoon, "Trick Or Treat,” says, "That quacking rogue is tougher than I thought." She wouldn't refer to him as "quacking" if he were contextually human.

Sub-trope to StylizedForTheViewer. Compare and contrast FurryDenial, which can invoke this, but it is (usually; see the Disney examples below) non-overlapping since it ''directly acknowledges'' that the characters are animals. Contrast WorldOfFunnyAnimals, where the whole cast ''really are'' anthropomorphic animals.